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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 97971
USS Omaha (CL-4)
Underway, circa the early 1930s.
The original photograph is dated 20 October 1936, but it was
actually taken prior to Omaha's 1933 overhaul, during
which her topmasts were reduced and a "bathtub" machinegun
platform was fitted atop her foremast.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
Online Image: 127KB; 740 x 605 pixels
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